nock

Verb

Synonyms: score mark

WordNet 3.0

make small marks into the surface of“score the clay before firing it”Synonyms: score mark

Nock \Nock\, n. [See Notch.]

1.A notch. [1913 Webster]

He took his arrow by the nock.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]

2.(Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail. [1913 Webster]

Nock \Nock\, v. t. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]